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The concept of ecological integrity is used in environmental policy bu t is usually left undefined. The definition proposed by the Integrity Group is quite demanding: it tends to focus on a nature that has been impacted by human activity as little as possible, viz., located in rem ote areas, emphasising and protecting its self organising capacities f or life as a product of the natural history of ecosystems. The demand is for an ethical reverence for life in all its manifestations. The re presentatives of Central and Eastern European countries are less wary of human intervention than their North American counterparts. They con sider low input agricultural ecosystems as acceptable candidates for e cological integrity, on condition they contain some unproductive compo nents.

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